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French Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · ID · 44.52439, -116.10768
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at French Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,935 ft.
Fire & smoke — around French Creek CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from French Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- RxPharmacy3 mi
- LLaundry3 mi
- OOutfitter3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- MMechanic4 mi
- WWater14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- ShShower24 mi
- EVEV fast charger27 mi
- +Urgent care46 mi
- DDump50 mi
- AAir-up58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 3 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — French Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
4,935 ft
State
ID
Coordinates
44.52439, -116.10768
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around French Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCascade · ~3.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~3.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesHowdy's Gas & Grub · ~3.1 mi
- PharmacyWatkins Pharmacy · ~3.2 mi
- HardwareCascade Hardware · ~3.3 mi
EV charging — from French Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger26.6 mi straight-line N — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 3 · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 5 within 50 · 36 within 100 · 62 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.6 mi — MCCALL CHARGEPO MC CHARGE 4, McCall
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.8 mi — Shore Lodge, McCall, ID · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 325582 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around French Creek Campground · Boise National Forest · ID — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFrench Creek Campground · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomCrown Point V3 Building · ~2.4 mi E · BoR
- RestroomCrown Point (Not a building) Building · ~2.5 mi E · BoR
- RestroomCrown Point Building · ~2.5 mi E · BoR
Open French Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near French Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Big Flat Campground~7.7 mi
- Cabin Creek~12.1 mi · fee
- Amanita Campground~12.3 mi · fee
- Rainbow Point Campground~12.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages French Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at French Creek Campground are set by Boise National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Van Wyck at 4,960 ft, about 15 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — French Creek Campground
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified. | Fee 2026-08-22: $20 per standard site per night for the current 2026-05-16 to 2026-09-15 season. This rate comes from recreation.gov alone (id 232046, listed as FRENCH CREEK, Cascade ID, 0.28 mi from this pin) -- the Boise NF publishes no recreation page for this campground (the slug 404s under all seven Idaho forest paths) and the nearest Boise page, french-creek-boat-docks, is a different facility 0.33 mi away carrying no dollar figure. Note the USFS Enterprise Data Warehouse record for this campground (objectid 2526974, Recreation Sites / camping extract) still lists $15 per night, which recreation.gov contradicts; budget for $20. Sources: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232046 and https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/boise/recreation/french-creek-boat-docks (page last updated May 18, 2026).
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about French Creek Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — French Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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